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  • I figure Federer a leadpipe cinch to amass enough grand-slam victories to hold the record for many years to come.

    David Finkle: You Think You're Hurting, Andy R. What About Me? 2009

  • Years ago, Ronnie Earle had a lock-down, leadpipe-cinch case against Kay Bailey Hutchinson that she had used government employees on “state time” to do her political stuff.

    Think Progress » Hutchinson: Indictments Should Be “On a Crime and Not Some Perjury Technicality” 2005

  • He was transformed into a typical leadpipe brigand.

    The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

  • Mortimer's new friend suggested that they indulge in beer while waiting for the sought one's appearance, and waxing confidential he assured his quarry that he had a leadpipe cinch for the next race -- it couldn't lose.

    Thoroughbreds William Alexander Fraser 1896

  • Especially when you consider that the five odd group numbers were handed out first, it's almost a leadpipe cinch that the SSNs of most of the people you meet will contain an even group code.

    New Urban Legends snopes@snopes.com 2010

  • Especially when you consider that the five odd group numbers were handed out first, it's almost a leadpipe cinch that the SSNs of most of the people you meet will contain an even group code.

    New Urban Legends snopes@snopes.com 2010

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